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Barbara Bovjerg's 2001 Testimony on Social Security Reform

In nine pages this paper examines this GAO employee's 2001 testimony to Congress on the future of the U.S. Social Security system ...

US Public Opinion, Congress, and the Presidency

not the relationship between the executive and legislative branches is successful is due, in large part, to a presidents ability t...

Congress United Post September 11, 2001

obtain search warrants and allows the FBI more power to look at Internet transmissions (2001). The law allows the surveillance of...

Political Systems Comparison

coercion is prevalent (British Library, 2003). However, big business has become so big and capital has become so concentrated in f...

Congress, Personality, and Legislative Change

therefore, could have less than three electoral votes, two for each of its two senators and one for every Representative it has. ...

Congress and the Function of Political Parties

aspect is further argued by one author who indicates that, "In America, the national parties play a relatively limited role in ele...

Retirement Benefits and Congress

the Presidents rate (Sepp, 2000). The formula for those elected prior to 1984 is "the average of the three highest years salaries,...

Proposed Legislation Patient Safety Act of 2004

legal errors (Fackelmann, 2002). Furthermore, the AMA study demonstrated that there is a direct statistical connection between th...

Reform of Congress?

interest groups, some of which are small in numbers, have become vocal and can capture the attention of the media with a proper "v...

February 27, 2001 Congressional Address by President George W. Bush

In five pages this paper discusses Bush's address to Congress outlining his budget plan and proposed tax cuts with positive and ne...

Foreign Policy Within Congress and The House of Commons

formulation of foreign policy. The overall consensus, of those who formulated the document, was that foreign policy was too impor...

Trade Policy and Congressional Deference

In eight pages this paper considers how the Congress often defers to the President on trade matters but that it nevertheless retai...

U.S. Emvironmental Policy in 1992

This 6 page paper discusses U.S. international environmental policy, and examines the failure of the U.S. to take its expected lea...

Analyzing the Bipartisan H.R. 2723 Consensus Managed Care Improvement Act

In a paper consisting of five pages the key supporters, opponents and flaws of the bill are considered. There is also a letter ad...

America's 2000 Presidential Election

In 5 pages this paper examines the 2000 US presidential election results and their implications upon citizens, Congress, and upon ...

Federal National Mortgage Association

In eight pages the company created by Congress in 1938 that is more popularly known as 'Fannie Mae' is examined in terms of its pu...

Stamp Act Congress Declaration

In five pages this paper presents an overview of this declaration and considers the Congress membership that enacted this response...

Tyranny Protection and Democratic Elections

federal government -- the legislative and the judicial -- are constitutionally equal. Nonetheless, the president is almost always ...

U.S. Congress' Partisan Relations

In five pages this paper discusses the 107th U.S. Congress in a consideration of the impact of partisan relations. Four sources a...

Congress Lack of Action on Smog Problems

of the problem coupled with pressure from big business to remain quiet. The United States was forced to take a good, long l...

Overview of the Declaration of Independence

are quite the same as anybody elses; but all are entitled to an equal voice in deciding how they should be governed" (The Economis...

Election of Congress Members and Public Policy

the greater good of society, they work to fund their next election. This is a topic that is not obscured and in fact the subject o...

Texas State Legislature and Congress

subsequently submitted to the voters for their approval (Texas State Government, 2001). Like most other states, Texas employs a...

Second World War, Colonialism, Muslims, and India

In twelve pages this paper discusses how the Second World War and the response of the Indian soldier influenced separatism and ind...

Bankruptcy Laws and Reform

In eleven pages reform efforts of bankruptcy laws are examine in terms of Chapters 7, 11, and 13 before and after Congress imposed...

Domestic Programs Proposed by President Harry S. Truman

his efforts (The American President, Domestic Affairs, nd). He then seized the mines and had them operate under the supervision of...

Tutorial on the Enron Scandal

sources will be cited using APA style. Chronology of the Enron Collapse Before analyzing what, exactly, caused Enrons coll...

Alan Greenspan and U.S. Interest Rates

March 2002 to a national rate of 5.7 percent. In April, unemployment rose to 6.0 percent. Current Indicators...

Different Views on Airliners Carrying Guns in Cockpits

pilots, and they should have the right to protect that cockpit with a firearm" (Burns, 2002, PG). The Airline Pilots Association,...

Pros and Cons of Pornography

chats, and a forum where one can post a message. There does not seem to be any sadistic or fetish buttons on this site. Most of th...